Notebook: Sellout streak continues, just barely

Oregon’s streak of sold out games in Autzen Stadium, fourth longest in the country entering Saturday, continued thanks to a big push on game day and a strong showing by UO students.

Announced attendance was 56,144, giving the Ducks sellouts in every game since early in the 1999 season.

The Ducks made a big PR push over the last few weeks in an attempt to extend the streak to 83 games, and put seats up for sale this week on the website Groupon, but still entered Saturday with around 1,500 seats to sell. The announced crowd includes non-ticket holders such as security, concession workers and media, making the number of tickets sold much closer to the listed capacity of 54,000.